ByRoyal Astronomical SocietyJuly 10, 2022 Artist impression of the pulsar-planet system PSR B1257+12 detected in 1992. The pulsar and three radiation-doused planets are all that remains of a dead st… [+3984 chars]
NASA’s considering sending swimming robots to space. Photo: Guillermo Ferla/Unsplash Founded in 1958, NASA has made incredible discoveries and advancements in regards to space exploration and aerona… [+2739 chars]
There's far too much dust in the universe, compared with what our calculations predict. This major problem for astronomy, called the "dust budget crisis," needs to be solved to better predict dust's… [+3772 chars]
ByDavid L. Chandler, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyJuly 10, 2022 Scientists at MIT have developed a method to enable such quantum sensors to detect any arbitrary frequency, with no loss of th… [+6598 chars]
China Fuyan [facetted eye], a new high-definition deep-space active observation facility in the country's Southwest Chongqing municipality.Photo: courtesy of BIT Chongqing innovation center In a mov… [+5516 chars]
In 1687 , Sir Isaac Newton published his magnum opus, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which effectively synthesized his theories on motion, velocity, and universal gravitation. In ter… [+10805 chars]
The "most comprehensive studies" of the Higgs boson conducted to date reveal that the particle behaves just as expected and could help unlock some of the greatest mysteries of physics, including the … [+3074 chars]
In 1687 , Sir Isaac Newton published his magnum opus, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which effectively synthesized his theories on motion, velocity, and universal gravitation. In ter… [+10805 chars]
jjjj What is K2? The comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)or K2" for shortwas first spotted five years ago, in May 2017 by the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA reports. The agency shared an image of the comet ta… [+2069 chars]
ByNorthwestern UniversityJuly 10, 2022 A magnified view of the tiny crab robot, standing on the edge of a coin. Credit: Northwestern University The small robotic crab can walk, bend, twist, turn an… [+5244 chars]